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clinton is asked to testify, and bill clinton is asked the question did you ever have sex with a woman named monica? and he said no, i never did. no, i never did, clinton claims he was telling the truth because from his point of view sex is intercourse. regardless, the scandal breaks. scandal breaks. bill tells hillary clinton it's breaking and he said i didn't have sex with her. i tried to do whey could help her. and hillary stands by him 100%. first of all, she doesn't believe it. given the surveillance in the white house she doesn't think it's possible. she believes that the marital therapy they had done in '89, '90 '91 had been sufficient to restore the relationship. bill is very insecure that the point. the first thing bill clinton does after the charges are made, he asked dick morris to do a possible poll on whether the american people will accept infee dellty. and he reports back and said they'll accept it but not perjury. lying under oath. bill said he's going hang in there. you will all recall the first time he's confronted with the question by jim on the evening news and aske
clinton is asked to testify, and bill clinton is asked the question did you ever have sex with a woman named monica? and he said no, i never did. no, i never did, clinton claims he was telling the truth because from his point of view sex is intercourse. regardless, the scandal breaks. scandal breaks. bill tells hillary clinton it's breaking and he said i didn't have sex with her. i tried to do whey could help her. and hillary stands by him 100%. first of all, she doesn't believe it. given the...
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and bill clinton was moved. i could see him right in front of me and the entire audience when president bush was done stood up and gave president bush a standing ovation. old my god, i thought to. george bush has proven what i have always known about him and politics that when you transcend the haiti and polarization there is humanity there that people will recognize the graciousness of president bush. now bill clinton takes the stage and naturally he rose to the occasion as he always does and spoke about how moved tea was about the graciousness of the bushes in what he had said and then he said these words which is the way i would like to leave you to think about why we don't have this today. bill clinton said, figgie for the way you have talked to me this morning president bush. wouldn't it be wonderful instead of people using words about good evil they could use words about right or wrong or agree or disagree? you have proven it is possible for two people who led this country to disagree on many issues to hav
and bill clinton was moved. i could see him right in front of me and the entire audience when president bush was done stood up and gave president bush a standing ovation. old my god, i thought to. george bush has proven what i have always known about him and politics that when you transcend the haiti and polarization there is humanity there that people will recognize the graciousness of president bush. now bill clinton takes the stage and naturally he rose to the occasion as he always does and...
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. >> host: kennedy, what happened when bill clinton and al gore came to visit the studios? and see if i could cause a little trouble. they would find a remote shoe for me when someone in real power was visiting the studio. >> host: why? >> guest: they were worried i would say something to them and not only would i embarrass the network, but i could get in trouble with the government. >> host: you have a chapter in here. we'll show it to our audience. what is his chapter about? >> guest: the 1993 mtv and not robot because the president had the great fortune of attending that night. many were very nice. it's a play on words. go ahead and explain the chap there. >> guest: mtv was thrilled and giddy to be able to finally throw. it was a racquetball presidency. it was a rock 'n roll and not euro ball. this is the greatest concentration of power had ever seen. whether it's politicians, actors, and musicians. and not, the biggest people on earth were all at the mtv inaugural ball. if you are lobbyists, if you are a staffer, you would have punched a homeless person in the mouth in
. >> host: kennedy, what happened when bill clinton and al gore came to visit the studios? and see if i could cause a little trouble. they would find a remote shoe for me when someone in real power was visiting the studio. >> host: why? >> guest: they were worried i would say something to them and not only would i embarrass the network, but i could get in trouble with the government. >> host: you have a chapter in here. we'll show it to our audience. what is his chapter...
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the networking had a lot of access to bill clinton. i'm not saying they were pushing bill clinton. there were a lot of people excited about the idea of a clinton presidency. they didn't try to hide their politics, so at some point, i was outed eventually by "the washington post. >> and what happened then? were you allowed to talk politics on the air? >> i wasn't encouraged to talk about politics. i wasn't the host of a political show. i also was encouraged to talk about volleyball or, you know, auto repair. they wanted know talk about the music. but i did have a lot of interviews with musicians who considered themselves to be very political, and, you know, occasionally we would get in heated discussions including with tom from rage against the machine. he has an ideology which is very confining, and in his world, if you don't agree with him, you are the enemy. there's very little room for actual free. i found that to be hypocritical. when i came across people like that, i would call it on them. tom and i got in to it on the air. with my lynn manson. and other artists. mostly trying
the networking had a lot of access to bill clinton. i'm not saying they were pushing bill clinton. there were a lot of people excited about the idea of a clinton presidency. they didn't try to hide their politics, so at some point, i was outed eventually by "the washington post. >> and what happened then? were you allowed to talk politics on the air? >> i wasn't encouraged to talk about politics. i wasn't the host of a political show. i also was encouraged to talk about...
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. >> guest: referring to clinton. c-span: ... bill clinton. "neither reagan nor bush did that after all these years of my advice and, frankly, i've had it. they'll find me when they need me, but i may not be available." did he really mean that? >> guest: i'm not sure he was referring to clinton there. he may have been referring to the bush campaign. i'm not sure. we'll have to clarify that. c-span: but there's a lot of that kind of a quote in the book... >> guest: right. c-span: ... about different politicians and the advice that they would seek from him, but they wouldn't acknowledge it publicly. what was that all about? >> guest: that's right. well, generally that was a problem with the republican presidents, because obviously there was a great political problem for them in dealing with richard nixon. this was a republican president who had been driven from office, and they did not want to publicly acknowledge the association that they had with richard nixon. so even though reagan and bush consulted with nixon on a fairly regular basis, alth
. >> guest: referring to clinton. c-span: ... bill clinton. "neither reagan nor bush did that after all these years of my advice and, frankly, i've had it. they'll find me when they need me, but i may not be available." did he really mean that? >> guest: i'm not sure he was referring to clinton there. he may have been referring to the bush campaign. i'm not sure. we'll have to clarify that. c-span: but there's a lot of that kind of a quote in the book... >> guest:...
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i tell how the bill clinton and monica lewinsky scandal, clinton, hillary and the soon to be governor went on vacation and they were trying to find a channel that didn't have the scandal and she couldn't find one and she finally settled on espn because there was no other channel that didn't have a scandal. >> where do you see technology going in terms of how the white house uses it? >> it is a great question. i worked in the white house [inaudible] now you have a dozen and was unimaginable not that long ago. any word that goes out of the white house goes through the white house staffing process to make sure every office signs off on whatever it says to be the that is in possible -- >> is there a follow-up to this? >> we will have to see how the culture those. all the presidents from washington through obama we don't have to follow what we will have to have an additional president. >> so which president was your favorite in terms of the technology? >> bill clinton gets high marks in my book for his understanding of technology and his use of music. remember fleetwood mac stopped talking
i tell how the bill clinton and monica lewinsky scandal, clinton, hillary and the soon to be governor went on vacation and they were trying to find a channel that didn't have the scandal and she couldn't find one and she finally settled on espn because there was no other channel that didn't have a scandal. >> where do you see technology going in terms of how the white house uses it? >> it is a great question. i worked in the white house [inaudible] now you have a dozen and was...
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to was playing bill clinton and primary colors. clinton told him, i had a roommate who is a scientologist. he was a really good guy. at that point, the state department had written letters to foreign government, chastising them for pricing the church of scientology. so they did have an effect. >> i apologize, but we are out of time. i know. this is the worst job. i do apologize. [applause] >> here's a look at books being published this week. >> we are back live at the national book festival on the mall in washington d.c. booktv on c-span2. [cheers and applause] as you can see, we have a great audience still in the history and biography tent. we are joined by jean edward smith, and eisenhower biographer
to was playing bill clinton and primary colors. clinton told him, i had a roommate who is a scientologist. he was a really good guy. at that point, the state department had written letters to foreign government, chastising them for pricing the church of scientology. so they did have an effect. >> i apologize, but we are out of time. i know. this is the worst job. i do apologize. [applause] >> here's a look at books being published this week. >> we are back live at the national...
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in the book for bill clinton calls of mitt romney after the election and says i thought you were going to win until hurricane sandy. clinton as been known to blow some smoke of people's you know what. but there was some real concern and mitt romney himself didn't even prepare a concession speech. paul ryan was so sure they were going to win fun the night before the election he said to two aids i spoke to that his only real concern was would he have to resign his house seat right away after he became vice president elect. there was a legal reading on what the constitutional interpretation was. was a little ambiguous and when they told him the next evening he lost the was completely stunned. even the president at the hotel at 12 minutes after a 11:00, my network nbc news called the race for obama and valerie jarrett about who my apple chapter in the book, said he won, the president says i will believe it when i hear it from fox. [laughter] >> i am in a little bit of a spat with roger ailes over chapter called fascination. there was a kind of -- you remember what happened with karl rove,
in the book for bill clinton calls of mitt romney after the election and says i thought you were going to win until hurricane sandy. clinton as been known to blow some smoke of people's you know what. but there was some real concern and mitt romney himself didn't even prepare a concession speech. paul ryan was so sure they were going to win fun the night before the election he said to two aids i spoke to that his only real concern was would he have to resign his house seat right away after he...
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clinton lopes forward and gets his picture taken with, alongside of john f. kennedy. he's so proud. he's so proud. and he already is dedicate today the idea that he is -- dedicated to the idea that he is going to be the person who is going to bring complete honor to the family. he already, by the age of 17, is planning to be elected attorney general of arkansas, then governor of arkansas and then president of the united states. this is something which everyone who knows him knows about, because he talks about it all the time. he does not go to the university of arkansas, he goes to georgetown. and from georgetown he becomes the arkansas candidate for the rhodes fellowship and goes to oxford. he is an incredible success
clinton lopes forward and gets his picture taken with, alongside of john f. kennedy. he's so proud. he's so proud. and he already is dedicate today the idea that he is -- dedicated to the idea that he is going to be the person who is going to bring complete honor to the family. he already, by the age of 17, is planning to be elected attorney general of arkansas, then governor of arkansas and then president of the united states. this is something which everyone who knows him knows about, because...
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but this is followed by the same house of representatives voting to impeach bill clinton. obviously an extreme example of the age-old conflict between congress and the executive branch of government. and yet, bill clinton is listed among only seven reelected presidents who were successful. there are lessons to be learned from the clinton second term that might offer guidance to obama, were he reelected. some of the presidency face hostilities from congress filled with majority of their own party, included washington, jefferson, monroe, grant, theodore roosevelt, johnson and bush. andrew jackson was censored by a congress controlled by his own democratic party. a fight he never forgave. franklin roosevelt had a constant battle with southern democrats in congress who oppose his new deal legislation. he suffered his greatest political defeat as a democratic-controlled congress refused to support his plan to pass the supreme court. eisenhower, a republican, filed legislation drafted by a fellow republican, victor of ohio, who thought it was the way of presidential power. what
but this is followed by the same house of representatives voting to impeach bill clinton. obviously an extreme example of the age-old conflict between congress and the executive branch of government. and yet, bill clinton is listed among only seven reelected presidents who were successful. there are lessons to be learned from the clinton second term that might offer guidance to obama, were he reelected. some of the presidency face hostilities from congress filled with majority of their own...
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only bill clinton knows. i'm going to stop with that me because i always -- you're a dog with two penises. animal genitalia is my specialty. [laughter] welcome, mark. [applause] >> thank you all. we're both really happy to be your at the miami book fair. i've been you -- here a few times. the c-span2 cameras are here and i knew that john was by going to end with a story but i've spent most of my morning and tuesday what brian lamb's reaction going to be how we are helping to program the channel. i'm going to talk for a little bit because the likely time for q&a, and this was we concern we want everyone to start the question. nothing is off limits. you can ask about the book or journalism or anything you want. you can ask about the details of the obligation of the presence health care law or what we learn and reporting about the details of the clinton'clinton' s marriage, whichever interests you more. alternate ask is you do all your questions in the form of true or false. [laughter] if you could could defined
only bill clinton knows. i'm going to stop with that me because i always -- you're a dog with two penises. animal genitalia is my specialty. [laughter] welcome, mark. [applause] >> thank you all. we're both really happy to be your at the miami book fair. i've been you -- here a few times. the c-span2 cameras are here and i knew that john was by going to end with a story but i've spent most of my morning and tuesday what brian lamb's reaction going to be how we are helping to program the...
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that's bill clinton. then he went to georgetown underclassman fresh president and sophomore class president. and his peers were sick of him and they defeated him again. but he kept running for any presidency he could find and eventually got the big one. [laughter] was elected twice. people ask me what's he going to do when he becomes president? if they keep running for president, which he did this year much to barack obama's -- caught mark pockmarked he ran 37 times this year for barack obama. barry obama had no political inclinations whatsoever. finally at age 18, i'm sorry, that is not the way the tiger was supposed to go out. he left the island of what to occidental college in los angeles and really see the first inkling for some pain. his mother, even this human spirit and a sensibility she was something special. you're not just a good time charlie. there some reason for you to be on this earth. he started associating with the intellectual older kid, this still wasn't quite -- was m. cohan. he didn't
that's bill clinton. then he went to georgetown underclassman fresh president and sophomore class president. and his peers were sick of him and they defeated him again. but he kept running for any presidency he could find and eventually got the big one. [laughter] was elected twice. people ask me what's he going to do when he becomes president? if they keep running for president, which he did this year much to barack obama's -- caught mark pockmarked he ran 37 times this year for barack obama....
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this is something that bill clinton does in 1994 and was lauded for it. carter wanted to reform welfare, the democrats who controlled the congress sink welfare reform, it doesn't even get out of the committee. and is this partially carter's ham-handedness, his inability to deal with congress? yes. but it also shows you a democratic party fundamentally divided among itself. it was in its interests to support its own president, and jimmy carter's bill that he introduced on national television that was one of the major hallmarks of his '76 campaign, it never even saw -- it never even got a vote. liberals didn't have the ability to reform themselves. american liberalism's low point when reagan comes into office. liberals just cannot begin to understand how the country of roosevelt and kennedy could have elected ronald reagan. on one hand, it reinforces, reemphasizes their alienation from their own country and believing that americans are no longer capable of embracing these ideas of social equality and economic opportunity and social justice. so, you know, th
this is something that bill clinton does in 1994 and was lauded for it. carter wanted to reform welfare, the democrats who controlled the congress sink welfare reform, it doesn't even get out of the committee. and is this partially carter's ham-handedness, his inability to deal with congress? yes. but it also shows you a democratic party fundamentally divided among itself. it was in its interests to support its own president, and jimmy carter's bill that he introduced on national television...
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nobody would foot the bill that was a joke. >> host: what happened when bill clinton and al gore came to the studios? >> guest: i will never know what happened at the studios because i was not allowed. literally they would find a far this place for me to travel and put me in a car and take me there usually with camera crews so it was not like that was at the zoo because i would sneak onto a train to see if i could cause trouble there would always find a remote shoot for me when somebody was real power was visiting the studio. i think the word i would say something like i did to rod stewart not only embarrass the network but get in trouble with the government. >> host: you have a chapter in here i will show to the audience. what is this about? >> guest: the 1983 inaugural ball because the president has a great fortune to attend many cotillions and many word that knives -- were nice. >> host: explained mtv was a the thrilled and kiddie to finally throw a rock-and-roll presidency a rock-and-roll is inaugural ball. this was the greatest concentration of power i had ever seen whether polit
nobody would foot the bill that was a joke. >> host: what happened when bill clinton and al gore came to the studios? >> guest: i will never know what happened at the studios because i was not allowed. literally they would find a far this place for me to travel and put me in a car and take me there usually with camera crews so it was not like that was at the zoo because i would sneak onto a train to see if i could cause trouble there would always find a remote shoot for me when...
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and bill clinton and tony blair and george w. bush and tony blair which hurt his image in great britain. you remember he was thought of as the lap dog of the -- the poodle they called him in the newspaper for the american president. but he was supportive of clinton and bush. i think that's what it is. the personalities so often is what makes a difference. not the policy advice. presidents want to have almost like a buddy system. it they get somebody they can count on to support them or understand what they're doing. it's very important. >> the tapping their cell phone. >> tapping their cell phones. it's not the happy camper these days because the phone has been tapped. and i think, you know, president obama said i didn't know. how could he not have known. i find hard believe myself. but the tapping i'm sure we do that. and they do it to us. they try to find out what we're doing. i remember when i covered the white house one of the senior officials. when we're talking, don't stand too close to the windows. because the soviet embas
and bill clinton and tony blair and george w. bush and tony blair which hurt his image in great britain. you remember he was thought of as the lap dog of the -- the poodle they called him in the newspaper for the american president. but he was supportive of clinton and bush. i think that's what it is. the personalities so often is what makes a difference. not the policy advice. presidents want to have almost like a buddy system. it they get somebody they can count on to support them or...
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in any book where bill clinton calls up romney after the election and says, you know, i thought you were going to win until hurricane sandy. now, clinton has been known to blow some smoke up people's you know what but there was some real concern, and romney himself didn't even prepare a concession speech. paul ryan was so sure that they were going to win that on the night before the election, he said to -- that his only real concern was would he have to resign his house seat right away after he became vice president elect. so we wanted kind of a legal reading on that, on what the constitutional interpretation was, a little ambiguous, and then when they told him the next evening he lost, he was completely stunned. and even the president at the fairmont hotel, at 12 minutes after 11:00, my network, nbc, called the race for obama, and valerie jarrett, about whom i have a whole chapter in the book, says, you won! and the president says, i'll believe it when i hear it on fox. [laughter] so somebody might know i'm in a little spat with roger ailes over a fox i have called "fox nation." bu
in any book where bill clinton calls up romney after the election and says, you know, i thought you were going to win until hurricane sandy. now, clinton has been known to blow some smoke up people's you know what but there was some real concern, and romney himself didn't even prepare a concession speech. paul ryan was so sure that they were going to win that on the night before the election, he said to -- that his only real concern was would he have to resign his house seat right away after he...
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and if he won't do it, bill clinton should. the last time he spoke, president clinton failed to mention the economic consequences of the law. the obama administration did the same thing. he said there was only anecdotal evidence. the heads of three major labor unions happen to disagree. they sent out a letter to democrats in congress that warned about the damage that the health care law is doing to their care and to their paychecks. they wrote that the health care law -- quote -- "will shatter -- will shatter -- not only our hard-earned health benefits but destroy the foundation of the 40-hour workweek that the the backbone of the american middle class." even the president's strongest supporters are being hurt by his health care law. they're getting hit in their pa- in their paychecks and they're getting hit hampletd i i believe that president obama owes union members an explanation and if he won't do it, bill clinton should. those union leaders are also upset that a lot of their generous health care plans that they have had wi
and if he won't do it, bill clinton should. the last time he spoke, president clinton failed to mention the economic consequences of the law. the obama administration did the same thing. he said there was only anecdotal evidence. the heads of three major labor unions happen to disagree. they sent out a letter to democrats in congress that warned about the damage that the health care law is doing to their care and to their paychecks. they wrote that the health care law -- quote -- "will...
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for example, bill clinton was not the first, and bill clinton was not the worst when it came to his behavior and high office. there is a long, long history of it. spitzer, a schwarzenegger, john edwards, these guys demint david patraeus, they have nothing on alexander hamilton. will we find is if you read, for example, letters written by martha washington during this winter camps, she was tough, like a soldier. she did not complain about the weather, the market -- harsh conditions, but she did complain. there was a tomcat when winter that was this be having with the lady cats, and it was noisy, noisy, noisy, and it kept her awake at night. so the tomcat and alexander hamilton because of all the and girls. i also did a book a few years ago, life and the white house, and it was about the president's at ease. what to the eat? what hobbies to they have? what are their fears and hopes and what they like as fathers and husbands to mecca the kids turn out. another way of addressing presidential character providing us with another lens. for example, we are still trying to figure out dick nixon. well
for example, bill clinton was not the first, and bill clinton was not the worst when it came to his behavior and high office. there is a long, long history of it. spitzer, a schwarzenegger, john edwards, these guys demint david patraeus, they have nothing on alexander hamilton. will we find is if you read, for example, letters written by martha washington during this winter camps, she was tough, like a soldier. she did not complain about the weather, the market -- harsh conditions, but she did...
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only bill clinton knows. [laughter] i'm going to stop with that because i feel as though it's a good time to get off the stage after you have referred to a dog that has to be mrs.. animal is my specialty. [applause] >> thank you all. as john said we are both happy to be here at the miami book fair. i have been here a few times, happy to be back. exhilarated for a lot of reasons. one is c-span2 cameras are there and i knew that john is was going to end with that story so i spent most of my morning anticipating what brian lamb's reaction was going to be after that trade i'm just going to talk for a little that because we like to leave a lot of time for q&a and as far as we are concerned start thinking of questions. nothing is off-limits about the book or journalism or anything you want. you can ask about the details of of the implementation of the presidents health care law for what we have learned about the details of the clinton's marriage. all we would ask during q&a you do all of your questions in the form
only bill clinton knows. [laughter] i'm going to stop with that because i feel as though it's a good time to get off the stage after you have referred to a dog that has to be mrs.. animal is my specialty. [applause] >> thank you all. as john said we are both happy to be here at the miami book fair. i have been here a few times, happy to be back. exhilarated for a lot of reasons. one is c-span2 cameras are there and i knew that john is was going to end with that story so i spent most of my...
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and then when kennedy finishes his speech, bill clinton looks forward and get his picture taken alongside john f. kennedy. he is so proud. he's so proud and he is already dedicated to the idea that he is going to be the person that is going to during complete honor to his family. by the age of 17 he's planning to be elected the attorney general of arkansas, then the governor of arkansas and president of the united states. this is something that everyone who knows him knows about and they talk about all the time. it's not from the university of arkansas, she goes to georgetown and from georgetown he becomes the arkansas candidate for the fallujah that goes to oxford. he is an incredible success everywhere but he cannot handle the sustained ongoing relationship with a woman. he's attracted to the kind of women his mother directed him him to that are the duty queens and attractive and that really is where his eyes had been. so this comes back to yale law school. there he meets hillary rodham.
and then when kennedy finishes his speech, bill clinton looks forward and get his picture taken alongside john f. kennedy. he is so proud. he's so proud and he is already dedicated to the idea that he is going to be the person that is going to during complete honor to his family. by the age of 17 he's planning to be elected the attorney general of arkansas, then the governor of arkansas and president of the united states. this is something that everyone who knows him knows about and they talk...
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and bill clinton's father was killed in an automobile accident before he was born. so that was a very, very brief wartime marriage, very brief. >> what was her relationship with her mother? >> hated her. hated her. really did not like her mother at all. and says so in her book. all of these girls were daddy's girls. all of them. and she loved her father. i mean, just -- they were just so close, and she was ginger to him. they were such -- there was such a bond between them, as there was a bond, a special bond with every one of these women and their own fathers. and i think that's where their self-confidence came from. that's where their sense of independent thinking came from, which enabled them to feel confident about bringing up these boys without a dr. spock. they just did it on their own gumption. but it was the father to the daughter to the son. >> how many children did she have? >> two. virginia kelley, two. >> and what was her reaction to roger, her son, spending time in jail? >> oh, you know, when she went to see him in prison on a christmas eve, because she
and bill clinton's father was killed in an automobile accident before he was born. so that was a very, very brief wartime marriage, very brief. >> what was her relationship with her mother? >> hated her. hated her. really did not like her mother at all. and says so in her book. all of these girls were daddy's girls. all of them. and she loved her father. i mean, just -- they were just so close, and she was ginger to him. they were such -- there was such a bond between them, as there...
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to bill clinton during the more recent impeachment. i was in washington during the impeachment in order to produce tv shows. we did a nightly show for msnbc that covered the events of the day in the senate and tremendous detail. when i read about what had been in the johnson presidency, i was struck by the similarities between hillary and allies. she had been a war refugee. i don't know if you know much about the johnson presidency, but her husband was one of the few southern senators who was loyal to link in and in reward for that, lincoln first gave him a territorial governorship and later made him vice president. unfortunately for eliza johnson, at the time he was first made a territorial governor, she was in confederate occupied territory in tennessee and for a period of two months, she tried to get across the lines. her family was sleeping byington on the roadside and get up to our knees only to be turned back a confederate commanders and find another way through and eventually she managed to reunite with her has been. a tough wom
to bill clinton during the more recent impeachment. i was in washington during the impeachment in order to produce tv shows. we did a nightly show for msnbc that covered the events of the day in the senate and tremendous detail. when i read about what had been in the johnson presidency, i was struck by the similarities between hillary and allies. she had been a war refugee. i don't know if you know much about the johnson presidency, but her husband was one of the few southern senators who was...
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for example, bill clinton was not the first, and bill clinton was not the worst when it comes to misbehavior in high office. there's a long, long history of it. and eliot spitzer, arnold schwarzenegger, john edwards, these guys -- david petraeus had nothing on alexander hamilton. and what we find is if you read, for example, letters written by martha washington during those winter camps, she was tough. she was like a soldier. she didn't complain about the weather, she didn't complain about the harsh conditions, but she did complain about one thing. there was a tom cat one winter that was misbehaving, and it was noisy, noisy, and it kept her awake at night, so she nicknamed the tom cat alexander hamilton. [laughter] i also did a book a few years ago called "life in the white house," and it was about the presidents at ease. what do they eat? what hobbies do they have? what are they like as fathers and husbands? how did their their kids turn out? as another way of assess l presidential character, providing us with another lens. for example, we're all still trying to figure out dick nixon, right
for example, bill clinton was not the first, and bill clinton was not the worst when it comes to misbehavior in high office. there's a long, long history of it. and eliot spitzer, arnold schwarzenegger, john edwards, these guys -- david petraeus had nothing on alexander hamilton. and what we find is if you read, for example, letters written by martha washington during those winter camps, she was tough. she was like a soldier. she didn't complain about the weather, she didn't complain about the...
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bill clinton has lost a lot of weight but got to think back to the bill clinton a few years ago. i think that he has that, sort of personality that, that was aimed at getting things done. >> great. >> not to mention the extracurricular love life. >> what part did the debt of the planters class owed to the british concerns play in their political decisions to vote for independence? did i read that correctly? >> well, it actually, americans were not in debt to the british in 1776. the british government was in big-time debt to all the countries all over the world because of the cost of winning the french and indian war basically. the cost of taking all of this territory in british north america away from france and spain. and the british in 1763, the british parliament says, hey, this land is in america but we're paying the bills for this. it's team for the americans to pay their fair share of the freight. so the whole british change in policy, the abandonment of salutary neglect and the desire to tax americans to at least make them pay a share of the costs of the british empire is
bill clinton has lost a lot of weight but got to think back to the bill clinton a few years ago. i think that he has that, sort of personality that, that was aimed at getting things done. >> great. >> not to mention the extracurricular love life. >> what part did the debt of the planters class owed to the british concerns play in their political decisions to vote for independence? did i read that correctly? >> well, it actually, americans were not in debt to the british...
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under bill clinton. the first republican to serve he is the republican senator from the state of maine. bill is half irish and jewish, his mother was irish and because of jewish law, the jewishness matches a lineal line. since his mother was not jewish he could not be accepted as jewish. so he knew what it was like to be an outcast and not accepted by those that are jewish and not accepted by those that were not. so he felt like he was half the 10 hole of another. i felt as an african-american growing up in apartheid america, was born in 1941 and my husband and i back then were not able to sit together on a bus. much less marry each other. so together we wrote this book in the romance is the best part is that from this morning's newspapers. many americans have no friends from another race. >> that is so sad. we are supposed to be an integrated society. you have friends from another race, don't you? >> yes. >> you didn't expect me ask you a question, did you? [laughter] even though we have immigration and
under bill clinton. the first republican to serve he is the republican senator from the state of maine. bill is half irish and jewish, his mother was irish and because of jewish law, the jewishness matches a lineal line. since his mother was not jewish he could not be accepted as jewish. so he knew what it was like to be an outcast and not accepted by those that are jewish and not accepted by those that were not. so he felt like he was half the 10 hole of another. i felt as an african-american...
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finally on bill's point -- >> on bill clinton. >> about this tissue of dignified reserve is it gone forever? it seems to be gone for right now and the obama approach has the upper hand but will it always be? i am not prepared to say. presidents need to engage with pop culture, be aware of pop culture but don't necessarily need to be as self revelatory as we have seen some of our recent presidents in the and george w. bush said that approach of i am not going to engage with pop culture, i am not going to bear my soul on tv, i won't be on these shows, i won't watch tv. george bush had his challenges and left with a low approval rating also successfully won two terms. there may be an avenue for a president to take that approach in the future. i want to talk about jonah's response which was quite thoughtful. joanna and i are good friends for 20 years and had many arguments about culture and politics in that time sometimes over beer and sometimes not. my book is an implicit defense of reading. somebody called minister lc and form of misdirection but i focus on reading as important and presidents
finally on bill's point -- >> on bill clinton. >> about this tissue of dignified reserve is it gone forever? it seems to be gone for right now and the obama approach has the upper hand but will it always be? i am not prepared to say. presidents need to engage with pop culture, be aware of pop culture but don't necessarily need to be as self revelatory as we have seen some of our recent presidents in the and george w. bush said that approach of i am not going to engage with pop...
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bill clinton for instance because there was a giant waffling going on for him he was allowed to sort of make his case about something he had written but i also analyzed as a little bit to make it be a little bit more authentic to where he fits in the gay marriage struggle. >> did you include any editorial on essentially the speed with which things have changed? >> yes but madeline keown and my coeditor who has been the governor for vermont and this is an incredible woman politician, she did that more because she is 80 now. when she came into office it was a really big deal that's she liaise with the community. it was controversial and she was making a statement by doing that. she has a daughter happens to be a friend of mine which is a coincidence. those that there's really trying to understand how she could represent your constituents in a meaningful way and be brave in the face of a culture that hadn't changed interrelationship with her daughter and her understanding. most people understand the importance of gay marriage and they understand
bill clinton for instance because there was a giant waffling going on for him he was allowed to sort of make his case about something he had written but i also analyzed as a little bit to make it be a little bit more authentic to where he fits in the gay marriage struggle. >> did you include any editorial on essentially the speed with which things have changed? >> yes but madeline keown and my coeditor who has been the governor for vermont and this is an incredible woman politician,...
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well, why bill clinton? well, he negotiated the framework with north korea. i think this is something that they want to get back to with the united states in terms of bilateral negotiations because only the united states can guarantee essentially the security of north korea by assuring them we're not interested in regime change. so there is a sudden restlessness in the room, and i am probably gone on longer than i should. at me just close by saying, you're not going to have changed these situations were solve these problems by engaging in this same kind of thinking that got you into the problems in the first place. this is something albert einstein said american foreign-policy encountering just a mccarthy in the late 1940's, so it is time to, as lincoln would say, disenthrall ourselves in deal with the real world as it exists out there, and this will require a serious dialogue and serious change in the thinking of the people who occupy a very important positions in washington, and that is what the book is about. [applause] [inaudible] >> no. i took too much t
well, why bill clinton? well, he negotiated the framework with north korea. i think this is something that they want to get back to with the united states in terms of bilateral negotiations because only the united states can guarantee essentially the security of north korea by assuring them we're not interested in regime change. so there is a sudden restlessness in the room, and i am probably gone on longer than i should. at me just close by saying, you're not going to have changed these...
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. >> what do you think of bill clinton? >> i think bill clinton is probably the finest communicator that has ever inhabited the white house. i think that if they ever break down and invite me over there, as i've asked them to do on numerous occasions, i probably would have a great evening talking to him. i think he's probably one of the friendliest people that has ever occupied that office. but i do not believe that he is what he represents himself to be. i find, of all of the promises that he made during the campaign, virtually to be null and void. abortion, for example. he said he wanted to make them safe, legal, and rare. well, he certainly continues to make them legal, but anything but rare. and a number of other things. i mean, from the whole gay rights thing-- he told them one thing, he's doing another; to taxes, and the rest. so i think he realized that the country was not going to elect a liberal, so he put a conservative face on, but the truth is coming out now. >> talk from your perspective about the ronald reagan
. >> what do you think of bill clinton? >> i think bill clinton is probably the finest communicator that has ever inhabited the white house. i think that if they ever break down and invite me over there, as i've asked them to do on numerous occasions, i probably would have a great evening talking to him. i think he's probably one of the friendliest people that has ever occupied that office. but i do not believe that he is what he represents himself to be. i find, of all of the...
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this is something the bill clinton does in 1994. he was lauded for it. carter wanted to perform welfare, then -- democrats controlled congress. does not even get out of committee. it is partially part of his inability to deal with congress, but it also shows the of the democratic party fundamentally divided. it was in the democratic party's interest to reform welfare, support is on president. jimmy carter's bill that he introduced on national television was one of the major hallmarks of the '76 campaign, it never even saw -- it never even got about. it is a revelation that liberals did not have the ability to reform themselves. the low point when reagan comes into office. liberals just cannot begin to understand how a country of roosevelt and kennedy could have elected ronald reagan. on one hand it reinforces, reemphasize is their alienation from their own country in believing that americans are no longer capable of embracing these ideas of social equality and economic opportunity and social justice. so, you know, the idea of reagan in the white house ju
this is something the bill clinton does in 1994. he was lauded for it. carter wanted to perform welfare, then -- democrats controlled congress. does not even get out of committee. it is partially part of his inability to deal with congress, but it also shows the of the democratic party fundamentally divided. it was in the democratic party's interest to reform welfare, support is on president. jimmy carter's bill that he introduced on national television was one of the major hallmarks of the '76...
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that he figure to urge bill clinton or al gore in the 20th century to lay out vigorous programs and to follow them up with presidential education. to explain babe's what you think he would make if. >> i would take talk about the first four years obama has stated this presidential role that my father has said to make a great president. he has not use the power of the presidency or the executive office to get around to but the congress to be against everything he stands for but. >> i may differ but if you look at his first term he passed the health care act that is having a tremendous impact on american society and then if we could solve the problems with the web site will be what he will be remembered for. :did johnson isn't he could have if he dismissed it and to focus on the job situation with the french industry. but then he did take advantage of that. just like and 1965 when he could pass this legislation for medicare and civil-rights. to get into the second term the house's children's republicans they cannot do very much. >> we probably have a slightly different take but what do yo
that he figure to urge bill clinton or al gore in the 20th century to lay out vigorous programs and to follow them up with presidential education. to explain babe's what you think he would make if. >> i would take talk about the first four years obama has stated this presidential role that my father has said to make a great president. he has not use the power of the presidency or the executive office to get around to but the congress to be against everything he stands for but. >> i...
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i have never seen anyone maintain eye contact like bill clinton. to -- it's unblinking. he just stares and of course, it creates a sense of intint intimacy and and time slows down. he wanted to be president ever since he was president. he decided to contribute all organs in the body to the task. [laughter] including the eyes. [laughter] and you can train yourself. you just don't blink. and we're going through this and i thought it's a great interview, and she so focused. i even started thinking, he realizes how brilliant my questions are. [laughter] which they weren't. and i thought, this, you know, there's this amazing interrue and i went back and had somebody transcribe it. i read the transcript without the eye contact. it was mush. he didn't say anything new, didn't say anything that was particularly useful. i think i used one sentence in the whole book from the interview, but and here is the essence of the clinton communications style. it felt good. [laughter] it felt wonderful. [laughter] and if you look at the reagan tapes, when he was president everyone called him
i have never seen anyone maintain eye contact like bill clinton. to -- it's unblinking. he just stares and of course, it creates a sense of intint intimacy and and time slows down. he wanted to be president ever since he was president. he decided to contribute all organs in the body to the task. [laughter] including the eyes. [laughter] and you can train yourself. you just don't blink. and we're going through this and i thought it's a great interview, and she so focused. i even started...
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we learned what bill clinton learned. you get a lot more flexibility out of the israelis when their confidence of their security one we are hugging them rather than distancing ourselves from them. the israeli-palestinian conflict we saw, you can see a lot more today is not the central issue in the middle east and should not be treated as such and one final lesson which i think we also learned, it is the mistake to concentrate on the negotiating path and negotiating process, white house lawn, handshakes rather than the reality on the ground among palestinians and israelis. there is no substitute for basing what you are doing on the reality. tony blair said in a conversation i had with him the diplomatic activities are based on what is happening on the ground. what is happening on the ground is not going to be based on the diplomatic path and too often we concentrated, we are doing it again and the diplomacy rather than what i might call palestinian reality. i want to close with this story. i missed prime minister sharon, a
we learned what bill clinton learned. you get a lot more flexibility out of the israelis when their confidence of their security one we are hugging them rather than distancing ourselves from them. the israeli-palestinian conflict we saw, you can see a lot more today is not the central issue in the middle east and should not be treated as such and one final lesson which i think we also learned, it is the mistake to concentrate on the negotiating path and negotiating process, white house lawn,...
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you know, i think there's reason to be angry at bill clinton and reasons not to be angry at bill clinton over the monica lewinsky thing, but on one level you could say the economy's booming, we're at peace, you know? fantastic things are happening. and we're angry because a president received consensual favors from a young woman. well, here's your news flash, right? read the book. whereas in france, you know, the joke is they wouldn't elect a leader or who didn't have multiple mistresses. [laughter] i don't want a gelding in this race, right? i want a bull in this race kind of a thing. what we see is americans tend to have, i guess, a bit more of a prudish view towards sexual affairs than folks around the world. and at the end of the book, i think in the last chapter, i offer some comparison that this thing happens all around the world, but we in the united states tend to be a little more infatuated. is it because of our freedoms? is it because we don't have a royal family that we can, you know, be fascinated with? is it because of reality tv? is it because of declining standards? i don'
you know, i think there's reason to be angry at bill clinton and reasons not to be angry at bill clinton over the monica lewinsky thing, but on one level you could say the economy's booming, we're at peace, you know? fantastic things are happening. and we're angry because a president received consensual favors from a young woman. well, here's your news flash, right? read the book. whereas in france, you know, the joke is they wouldn't elect a leader or who didn't have multiple mistresses....
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and bill clinton just told the president don't ever negotiate with this guy. and then it'll of the only negotiating partner but what bush should have done is to say let's go back to camp david. that is a surge. the last is january 2009. fighting in gaza the end of that came the third week of january with the security resolution saying both sides need to stop the violence. fe rejected force of presley because of the state of israel and tomas. and olmert and angrily demanded from the president such. but the resolution was written by secretary rice, three of them were in new york and they put together this resolution. none of their heads of government said they liked the language. i had a couple of conversations with the french national security adviser who assured me if we voted against it or veto the resolution, but it was called the revolt of the foreign minister. what did the president to? you can end the illustration that basically treats the terrorist group equally be but he did not want to repudiate the secretary of state that was his instruction and i thi
and bill clinton just told the president don't ever negotiate with this guy. and then it'll of the only negotiating partner but what bush should have done is to say let's go back to camp david. that is a surge. the last is january 2009. fighting in gaza the end of that came the third week of january with the security resolution saying both sides need to stop the violence. fe rejected force of presley because of the state of israel and tomas. and olmert and angrily demanded from the president...
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clinton actually was. fast over 2003 and the breakthrough with omar gadaffi before the americans even started to negotiate we went through years of the british intelligent -- intelligence service betting libyan negotiators making the of reach to be certain that what they said wal-mart gadaffi would do it and they could deliver. that is one of the reasons why that diplomacy was such a lengthy process. there is a trend in washington and again the case across administration's second term presidents tended to rush to secure their legacy for example, bill clinton wanted a handshake, and normalization with vietnam and israeli and palestinian peace. george w. bush or condoleezza rice wanted to make north korea into his legacy so despite the fact looking at nonpartisan sources the north koreans at the time was working with has polite but yet for the sake of winning the second term break through we've they've got the better judgments it has not helped national security and unfortunately not just the idea of negotia
clinton actually was. fast over 2003 and the breakthrough with omar gadaffi before the americans even started to negotiate we went through years of the british intelligent -- intelligence service betting libyan negotiators making the of reach to be certain that what they said wal-mart gadaffi would do it and they could deliver. that is one of the reasons why that diplomacy was such a lengthy process. there is a trend in washington and again the case across administration's second term...
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bill clinton is not the first and the worst. and there, done that, a long history of it. it pains me to say even abraham lincoln visited a. say it isn't so, but it happened. the details on matters itchy. there's not a lot of letters written about this, but lincoln's best friend was joshua speed and speed was perhaps as dashing and from unlucky with the ladies as lincoln was homely and awkward unlucky in romance. they always called one another by their last names. speed, lincoln. speed and that is linking his door and didn't have a place to stay, so what can let speed stay upstairs at the general store. during the friendship, speakers using services of a professional woman. you imagine lincoln upstairs with a pillow over his head trying to mind his own business as speed is doing his business. he basically says that after the woman. it's been too long. on the abraham lincoln would do this. it appears i cannot speak for a letter of introduction. with a professional women. i don't mean agriculture appeared as an occupation that predated our culture. what we have pieced togeth
bill clinton is not the first and the worst. and there, done that, a long history of it. it pains me to say even abraham lincoln visited a. say it isn't so, but it happened. the details on matters itchy. there's not a lot of letters written about this, but lincoln's best friend was joshua speed and speed was perhaps as dashing and from unlucky with the ladies as lincoln was homely and awkward unlucky in romance. they always called one another by their last names. speed, lincoln. speed and that...
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that that is part of what bill clinton meant that haiti should build back better but responders would have done well to avoid the panic for after all of those who had rushed in not panicked over civil unrest and famine and carefully consider strategies for the spontaneous decentralization of those went to the countryside for the quake zone would not end up with a huge for camp in the first place. the secretary general said nobody would be rolled -- relocated before the rain. their chance to get solid because wealthy families controlled most of the land refuse to donate but moon and note that they would be relocated to iran to ask him more but after a few words he was caught on camera then i saw sean penn walking alone i talk to him first what is the plan for the rain? quite surprised he answered it is utile. what is the planner what should be? it should be total relocation. he started to give the extended answer the attorney -- assistant general had not you could forgive all this morning he is handsome and weathered with tan skin and tattoos over his arms and aviator sunglasses. as he
that that is part of what bill clinton meant that haiti should build back better but responders would have done well to avoid the panic for after all of those who had rushed in not panicked over civil unrest and famine and carefully consider strategies for the spontaneous decentralization of those went to the countryside for the quake zone would not end up with a huge for camp in the first place. the secretary general said nobody would be rolled -- relocated before the rain. their chance to get...
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there are and i tell this story about bill clinton during the monica lewinsky scandal. he goes away to get out of town, understandably, and he goes with terry mcauliffe who's now running for governor in virginia and hillary clinton. and on this vacation -- such as it were -- they are sitting there one night trying to watch television. and hillary has the remote control, and she's flipping through channels, and she's trying to find a channel that does not include the lewinsky scandal, doesn't have a mention of it. and she's clicking, and she can't find a channel, and she's getting increasingly frustrated. and you can imagine how frustrating this was. and finally, finally she comes to espn. now be, hillary was not an espn fan, is not be an espn fan, but on that day she settled for some sports programming. on that very same vacation, mcauliffe notes there was one point where the white house ushers came up to themsaid would anyone like -- them and said would anyone like some wine. and hillary said, no, bill said, no, and terry mcauliffe said i'll take the bottle, please. [l
there are and i tell this story about bill clinton during the monica lewinsky scandal. he goes away to get out of town, understandably, and he goes with terry mcauliffe who's now running for governor in virginia and hillary clinton. and on this vacation -- such as it were -- they are sitting there one night trying to watch television. and hillary has the remote control, and she's flipping through channels, and she's trying to find a channel that does not include the lewinsky scandal, doesn't...
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intervenges with the support of bill clinton. a handful of nations in the caribbean and saint lucia dominique and a few others banana produce nations had a small slice of the european market to export their banana to bill clinton fought and threatened with 100% tariff. the european countries that were giving that market opportunity to these caribbean banana bruceers who only produced bananas. he wanted that tiny bit, that slice of market opportunity to go to bananas whose ceo was a big supporter of his. he couldn't been as bigger supporter as the black community had to him and so that was taken away from those producers and caribbean economies were significantly damaged. when he was asked to reconcile the differences between the use of sale of powered cocaine and crack cocaine. he talked about it but never did anything. on human rights he never ratified -- he weakened the treaty for the international criminal court. he never ratified it. i am -- really don't understand when you look at his record naming blacks to positions, i don
intervenges with the support of bill clinton. a handful of nations in the caribbean and saint lucia dominique and a few others banana produce nations had a small slice of the european market to export their banana to bill clinton fought and threatened with 100% tariff. the european countries that were giving that market opportunity to these caribbean banana bruceers who only produced bananas. he wanted that tiny bit, that slice of market opportunity to go to bananas whose ceo was a big...
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that signals to middle-class voters that bill clinton is a different kind of democrat. he gave himself that name. tony blair to the same thing with the labor party in england. the labor party have been crushed in four straight elections and hadn't gotten more than 40% of the vote since 1970 and blair are not a mistake to say that, i am part of what he called new labour. he wanted to modernize the party and aged it in several ways. he took on elements of the labor party that were most radical and got rid of them in the platform. there is a crime wave sweeping england in the early 90s and he spoke in a way that no labor party candidate had done anyone any fantastic historic collection. i don't think the republican party is quite his best streets as the democratic party was clinton or player, but it's approaching it in the republicans this device will think more along those lines. >> host: our first call, stephen democrats line for peter wehner. >> caller: good morning. i'm doing fine, thank you. lake erie saying, -- like you were saying come and we talk you be an american
that signals to middle-class voters that bill clinton is a different kind of democrat. he gave himself that name. tony blair to the same thing with the labor party in england. the labor party have been crushed in four straight elections and hadn't gotten more than 40% of the vote since 1970 and blair are not a mistake to say that, i am part of what he called new labour. he wanted to modernize the party and aged it in several ways. he took on elements of the labor party that were most radical...
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at 8:00 former president bill clinton in new jersey governor chris christie discussed pro-active steps against natural disaster and at 8:45 a panel talks about what it is to be a modern-day american citizen. >> pulitzer prize-winning author alice walker next on her collection of personal and political letters, essays and poems. this is 45 minutes. >> i am very happy to see all of you. it is a wonderful evening to be in the city which i know of unfortunate the through so many of your disasters. but i was thinking looking at the fountains there is of little when you have for the children and a bigger one for the adults, thinking water flows, so can piece. and so the history that is so vivid for me of the bombing of the people, the imprisonment of mumia, that history is not will story. and it is good to remember it that and to see so we make our way everyday, every single step can be a different direction. so as i was thinking about what i wanted to talk about and read about and i don't have a whole lot of time but i wanted to start by mentioning something i find very disturbing which is
at 8:00 former president bill clinton in new jersey governor chris christie discussed pro-active steps against natural disaster and at 8:45 a panel talks about what it is to be a modern-day american citizen. >> pulitzer prize-winning author alice walker next on her collection of personal and political letters, essays and poems. this is 45 minutes. >> i am very happy to see all of you. it is a wonderful evening to be in the city which i know of unfortunate the through so many of your...
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he was also the mentor to the young bill clinton. he was a real intellectual in the senate--you know, and we tended to overlook the fact that he was also a racist all the way through. i mean, he never supported a civil right--civil rights bill. c-span: he'd sign the southern manifesto. >> guest: right. c-span: but you say in here, 'i found a tart-tongued old man still unaccountably nursing grudges and adversaries almost no one else even remembered.' >> guest: right. c-span: where'd you find him? >> guest: oh, he wasn't hard to find. he was listed in--in the washington phone directory. he was still practicing law then or he was kind of a figurehead at this law firm. but he was open to the interview and was actually, you know, i think pleased that someone wanted to talk to him. c-span: you come here to do it... >> guest: i came here. and, you know, we spent a good half day together and i did--did several hours of tape on him. c-span: but you found him amazingly unthoughtful. >> guest: yeah. i--i--i expected that he would really be refl
he was also the mentor to the young bill clinton. he was a real intellectual in the senate--you know, and we tended to overlook the fact that he was also a racist all the way through. i mean, he never supported a civil right--civil rights bill. c-span: he'd sign the southern manifesto. >> guest: right. c-span: but you say in here, 'i found a tart-tongued old man still unaccountably nursing grudges and adversaries almost no one else even remembered.' >> guest: right. c-span: where'd...
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bill clinton is slightly taller than nelson mandela. but in my mind, he was ten feet tall. so, each year, i send the same message, happy birthday -- his birthday is july 18th and mine is july as well, and i say, happen birthday. when you're 109 i'll be 100 and we'll meet and toast one another. [applause] >> in the book i tell a story of how one of bill lynch's dreams was that we're going to have nelson mandela speak at yankee stadium. but we had trouble getting yankee stadium. george steinbrenner said it wasn't available, and i don't know whether he thought we would tear up the place or what. but billy joel saved the day and gave us -- donated to us -- one of the concert days for which he had paid and contracted, and so it was terrific. the place was packed. and there came a time when i draped a jacket, a yankee jacket, around his shoulders, and placed the yankee cap on his head, and he said, you know who i am, i am a yankee. and the place erupted. so, you put that together with ticker tape parade and all the other things, it was a grea
bill clinton is slightly taller than nelson mandela. but in my mind, he was ten feet tall. so, each year, i send the same message, happy birthday -- his birthday is july 18th and mine is july as well, and i say, happen birthday. when you're 109 i'll be 100 and we'll meet and toast one another. [applause] >> in the book i tell a story of how one of bill lynch's dreams was that we're going to have nelson mandela speak at yankee stadium. but we had trouble getting yankee stadium. george...